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a private tournament directed and organized by [[Anton Mihailov]] , CEO of [[Chessdom|Chessdom Arena]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=55915&hilit=Mihailov&start=17 Re: What Happened to TCEC Season 8? Where is Martin?] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2015</ref>, started on August 21, [[Timeline#2015|2015]]. There are 3 Stages plus the Superfinal. '''Stage 1''', a single-round robin consisting of two seeded sub-divisions of 12 engines each, is played without [[Opening Book|book openings]]. In '''Stage 2''' the top six surviving engines from each of the two divisions in Stage 1 compete in double round-robin, using a two-move book designed by [[Adam Hair]] and checked by [[Nelson Hernandez]] (alias Cato the Younger) for statistical and evaluative play-balance. '''Stage 3''' and the '''Superfinal''' used an opening book of 8 moves.